Congress netas want introspection on Bihar poll debacle; 'AIMIM's entry not a good sign'

In Bihar Assembly elections 2020, Congress was able to win only 19 out of 70 seats it contested as a part of seat-sharing with RJD and left parties in Mahagathbandhan. While CPIM-L has me a comeback in Bihar with 12 seats, Tejashwi Yav - CM face of Mahagathbandhan fell short of forming government despite RJD becoming single largest party and many have blamed it on Congress' poor performance. w, leers in Congress party is raising ir voice all over again.

On Thursday, Tariq Anwar, general secretary of Congress, said that party should accept truth and introspect about ir loss. He has said that entry of AIMIM in Bihar is t a good sign for electoral future of grand old party. Congress MP PL Punia has backed Anwar's opinion and said that a review should happen on b performance of party so that such situation doesn't arrive in next elections. 

However, many ors like hir Ranjan Choudhary are still in denial and has blamed AIMIM for hampering vote bank of grand-old party. However, chaos h ensued in Congress party during seat allotment, and Central leership of party even removed its own state chief from poll panel. After tickets were given in first phase of Bihar polls, former state chiefs Chandna Bagchi and Anil Sharma accused AICC in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil, BPCC president Man Mohan Jha and BPCC campaign committee chairman Akhilesh Pras Singh of favouring ‘tainted and incompetent’ leers. 

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Dissenting voices h risen in Congress party a few months ago at backdrop of fight between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan. Senior Congress leers like Kapil Sibal and Ghulam Nabi Az h n spoken openly against Central leership of Gandhis, and 23 senior leers h demanded robust reforms in party. However, interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was able to quash rebellion and h assured party members of reviewing raised demands. 

AIMIM factor

Asuddinn Owaisi's AIMIM won 5 seats in Bihar out of 20 he contested. However, when he was termed as B-team of BJP, he slammed Congress and gave proof. He said that out of 20 seats AIMIM contested, y won 5 while NDA and Mahagatbandhan h won 6 and 9 seats respectively. Owaisi pointed out that NDA's victory margin on seats that it won- Sahebganj, Chhatarpur, Narpatganj, Pranpur, Barari, and Raniganj - was more than votes secured by his party. Thus, NDA would have won from aforesaid constituencies even if AIMIM candidate was t in fra, he explained.  

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Bihar Election Result 2020

Bihar assembly elections results were declared around midnight on vember 10-vember 11, with ruling coalition - NDA winning 125 in 243-member assembly, against Mahagathbandhan's 110.  Even as contest remained neck and neck throughout day, RJD under leership of Tejashwi Yav, became single largest party with 75 seats, followed by BJP's 74. While Chirag Paswan's LJP won one seat, it me a major dent in JDU's tally that has come down to 43 from 71 in 2015. biggest clincher is Asuddin Owaisi's AIMIM winning 5 seats and CPI-ML  winning 12 seats. or two left parties - CPI and CPI-M won two each. or two alliance partners of NDA - HAM and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) won four seats each.

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